The Trump backlash: Latino consumers wield new clout
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Donald Trump described Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug smugglers last month, Latinos took to social media to express their outrage and urge businesses to sever ties with the billionaire presidential candidate.
Judge in drought-hit California blocks water cut orders for some farmers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California regulators violated the rights of some farmers by demanding mandatory water cutbacks without giving them a prior hearing, a state judge ruled on Friday.
Florida State suspends second football player charged with battery
TALLAHASSEE, Fl. (Reuters) – Florida State University suspended a star running back from its football team on Friday when he was charged with punching a woman outside a night spot near the state capitol — the second such case in about two weeks for the squad.
Judge refuses to remove himself from Arizona sheriff’s profiling case
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday refused to remove himself from a racial-profiling case being pressed against hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio and his deputies.
San Francisco sheriff, U.S. officials clash over immigrant suspect’s release
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The San Francisco sheriff and federal immigration officials traded accusations on Friday over who was responsible for the release from custody of a five-time deported Mexican immigrant accused of shooting to death a woman at a…
Family of homeless man killed by Albuquerque police to get $5 million
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) – The city of Albuquerque has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a homeless man shot to death by police last year in a mountainside encounter captured on video that prompted protests against excessive force by officer…
Family files $4.76 million claim over Washington state police shooting
(Reuters) – The family of a Mexican immigrant farmworker shot dead by police in Washington state after he threw rocks at them in the agricultural hub of Pasco has filed a $4.76 million wrongful death claim against the town.
Michigan children released from detention in custody case -media
(Reuters) – A Michigan judge released three siblings from juvenile detention on Friday two weeks after she sent them there for defying her order that they have lunch with their father when he was visiting from Israel, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported.
U.S personnel agency chief resigns over massive data breach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief of the U.S. federal hiring office resigned on Friday after massive computer hacks at the agency that put the personal data of more than 22 million Americans at risk, including people seeking sensitive security clearance…
South Carolina lowers Confederate flag in wake of church massacre
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – South Carolina on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds in a joyous but solemn ceremony that relegated a divisive symbol of the South’s pro-slavery legacy to a museum.
